Talking-machine-disk protector.



No. 877,842. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

V J. M. HIG'LEY. TALKIEG MACHINE DISK PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2: 1907.

WITNESSES INVENTOR:

ATT NEY .UNrTEn STATES A ENT orrron.

JESSIE M. nreLEr, or NILES', CALIFORNIA.

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Specification. of Lettersratent.

Application filed Ju1l2i Serial No. 381,882.

To all whom it mm concern: v

Be 1t known t at I, JEssIE M. 'HIGLEY,

citizen of United States, residing at Niles, in

the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and'useful Im-' provements in Talkin Machine-Disk' Protectors, of which thelowing is a specification. I

My invention relates to a protective device for talking machine disks.

. 1 It consists of soft felt or. equivalent attachment placed upon theback of the'disk,

and in details of construction which will be more fully ex lained byreference to the'ac-.

companymg rawings, in which:

tion'a elevation of m invention. v

The records of tal ing and like machines uantity by ling of these disksoften mutilates them to .the extent of sometimes ruining themaltogether; and in any event they are soon renered unsatisfactor by suchbruises.

- w it is the objecto my 1nvent1on'to rovide' 9; means'for protectingsuch disks wit out in he disk A has the upper surface thickness toprevent the-disk upon which it. 1s fixed from making a direct contactofthe' way interfering with their use. 4 forming the record. U on thelower or back surface l'fix narrow rings 2 of cloth, felt or otherequivalent soft material, which has-sufficient hard portions with the.disk helowjbut 'at the same time this protec'tivepart is not thickenou.- h

placin ofterial used was to be stamped-orient out of large pieces,-there would be 'a 'gocd; deal of waste. l have. therefore d'esi ,ed'tocutthe.

material; if used in circular rem, intcsegr '45 merits which will take.buta small width of. T."

to interfere with the. proper t e'disk upon'the rn achine Figlure 1 is aplan View. Fig. .2 is asec which are made upon flat, hard rubber disks,I are usually kept in I ilin one upon the top of the ot er, and care essand As t e disks are of. veryconsiderable di-h.

ameter, it will ber'nanite'stthat-ii the, ma-

- material for each segment andthus scone-=1 milzethe material lto theutmost.) lug-the drawing thesesegment are shown of such 7 diskisadherent.

I size that the amount of materialused for each segment will be butlittle more than the actual width of the segment itself. These arepasted or otherwise secured so as to form an annularrin around theperiphery, and if founddesira le, a secondr ng may be formedaround thecentral portion.

. With this device it is possible to super ose any number ofthese diskswithout any an ger of ranting the surfaces of the lowermost ones. r I

The surface thus carried by the disk may also serve in lieu of the ,feltdisk whichis usually fixed to the revolving table upon which the disk iscarried, and to which the Having thusdescribed my invention, what Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- .Arec-ord for a talkingmachine having a protective medium permanently secured to itsexterior-surface and serving'to protect superposed records from directcontact with each other. V 2. A record fora talking machine havingPatented Jan. 285 1908.

an annular ring permanently secured to its,

exterior surface and serving to protect super- -'posed records-fromdirect contact with each other. i"

3. A talking machine record of disk-iorml having Tan'ann'ular ring fixedto theexterior thereofand serving ,to protect the record side of asecond disk when two disks are placed I fiatwiseto'gether, said ringbeing iormed' of

